AMENDED - The Illinois State Board of Elections announced the deadlines for the 18th Congressional District Special Election under the terms of a consent decree with the United States Department of Justice, approved in federal court on April 14, 2015

Although the traditional deadline for registering to vote extends through Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, a Grace Period that allows Illinois residents to register or change their voting address begins Wednesday, October 8, 2014.

The State Board of Elections wishes to remind Illinois residents that Tuesday, October 7, 2014 is the last day of regular registration to register to vote in the November 4, 2014, General Election. After October 7, 2014, Illinois residents who wish to register or change their voting address would need to participate in Grace Period Registration.

The State Board of Elections, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, created the mock election program more than 30 years ago to assist schools in helping students understand the election process. There are 2 programs available: Let’s Vote 2014 is directed towards children in grade K-3 while the Mock Election is designed for children in grade 4-12.

Public Act 98-051, effective January 1, 2014, allows a person who is 17 years old on the date of the general primary election to vote at that primary provided: (1) that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following general election, and (2) the person is registered to vote

Nomination petitions for regional superintendent of school candidates in multi-county districts will be accepted only in the principal office of the State Board of Elections located at 2329 South MacArthur Blvd., Springfield, Illinois 62704, no sooner than December 16, 2013 and no later than December 23, 2013

A lawsuit was filed challenging the legality of that portion of Public Act 98-115 creating a Lake County Board of Election Commissioners. An Order issued on November 7, 2013, declared the establishment of a Lake County Board of Election Commissioners to be unconstitutional.

The Illinois State Board of Elections today announced an extension of the deadlines for accepting absentee ballots for military and U. S. citizens living overseas who intend to vote in the Second Congressional District Special Election.

Voting by personal appearance at an Early Voting Center begins Monday, October 22, 2012 for the November 6, 2012 General Election. Election authorities in each county in the state have announced the locations of Early Voting Centers that will be open through November 3, 2012.

As of the close of business on October 9, 2012, the traditional last day of registration, there were 7,346,413 registered voters for the upcoming November 6, 2012 General Election according to the Illinois Voter Registration database.

The State Board of Elections announced that the Illinois Voters Guide is now available on the Board’s website at www.vote.illinois.gov. The following offices are eligible to participate in the program: United States President, United States Representative, Illinois Supreme Court Judge and Illinois Appellate Court Judge.

Public Act 97-0681, which became effective on March 30, 2012, amends section 7-43 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7-43). This amendment provides that a person who files a statement of candidacy as an established party’s candidate at a General Primary Election or who voted an established political party’s ballot at the General Primary Election may not file a statement of candidacy as an independent candidate or as a different established party’s candidate at the immediately following General Election.

The State Board of Elections is in the process of relocating its Springfield office to 2329 S. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield, IL 62704-4503. As part of the relocation process, all Springfield office telephone systems will be inactive as of 1:00 p.m. on Friday February 10, 2012.

On Thursday, December 15, the State Board of Elections received notice that a three judge panel for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of the defendants and has dismissed the lawsuit brought by Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map, et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al., No. 11-c-5065.

Today the State Board if Elections is announcing that pursuant to the attached Order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in the matter of Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map, et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al., No. 11-c-5065, the filing deadlines related to the office of the United States House of Representatives have been modified.

Springfield, Illinois, September 29, 2011 - Today, the State Board of Elections posted an interactive map featuring the newly drawn Congressional, Legislative, and Representative district boundaries on the Board’s website.

The Illinois State Board of Elections has set up a special election day “hotline” telephone number to assist voters at next Tuesday’s Consolidated Primary Election, board officials said today. The Chicago area “hotline” telephone number is (312) 263 7367. For downstate voters, calls will be taken at the Board’s Springfield office at (217) 782-4141. Telephone for the hearing impaired is: (217) 782 1518. Election specialists will be available Election Day from 6 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. in Chicago and from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. in Springfield to answer voter questions and respond to complaints. The polls are open from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. For more election information visit the Board’s website at www.elections.il.gov . For polling place locations contact your local election authority.

The Illinois State Board of Elections has scheduled a Board Meeting for Tuesday, November 23 to officially certify the results of the special election to fill the unexpired term of the U.S. Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Barack Obama from that position upon his election as President in 2008.

The Illinois State Board of Elections announced that governmental agencies will be out in force Tuesday actively monitoring the November 2nd General Election to protect voter rights and guard against fraud.

The Illinois State Board of Elections today announced an extension of the deadline for accepting absentee ballots from military and US citizens living overseas in several Illinois counties for the November 2, 2010 General Election.

The State Board of Elections will conduct public hearings on a proposed administrative rule amending Title 26, Part 100 and Part 125. These amendments implement changes to the Campaign Finance Act resulting from the passage of Public Act 96-832.

The Illinois State Board of Elections today announced that governmental agencies will be out in force Tuesday actively monitoring the February 2 General Primary Election to protect voter rights and guard against fraud....

Although the traditional deadline for registering to vote in the primary election has passed, a Grace Period that allows Illinois residents to register or change their voting address begins today, Jan. 6...

Candidates for the Republican nomination for President and perhaps hundreds of delegate candidates aligned with them will file official nominating petitions at the office of the State Board of Elections beginning at 8 a.m. Nov. 28.

The Illinois State Board of Elections announced today that thousands of lawyers and staff from election and law enforcement agencies will be actively monitoring Election Dat activities on November 7.
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